A case study in sustainable building design: P4P Chair demonstrates what can be done At St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Peers for the Planet’s Chair, Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, is demonstrating what can be achieved when sustainability, biodiversity and good design are brought together. Kathy, who is also Professor of Biodiversity and Principal of St Edmund Hall, recently gave The Times a tour of the college and its new student accommodation, which gives a 21st-centur

When the government unveiled the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, it was pitched as the legislation that would finally “unleash economic growth” by cutting through the red tape that, in its view, held back housing and infrastructure projects. In the words of some ministers, the Bill would ensure that “newts and bats” no longer stood in the way of progress, a soundbite that spoke volumes about its underlying approach to environmental regulation. At the heart of the Bill sits

Peers have made a strong and sustained case throughout the passage of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to ensure nature is protected. In response to cross-party amendments led by P4P Peers, the Government has today confirmed that its new strategic approach, which would allow developers to offset environmental harms by contributing to a central fund for nature recovery elsewhere, will only be used where it is safe for nature - a vital step towards ensuring development and